Despite knowing it wasn't actually happening for them then, she felt a wave of relief rush over her. He hadn't given up on that, then. There was at least some part of him that still wanted that life. No matter how hurt and miserable he may be, he still wanted to be her husband and the father of her children. It was all she was asking. All she'd ever truly ask. They could get through anything if they were together. She still truly believed that. Even if that optimism had been darkened lately.
She didn't doubt him out loud. She'd never. But she truly had been worried their family wasn't important to him anymore. Still, her fingers laced through his. All those years later, it was like instinct. "I know. It will. Just isn't right now is all." And it felt so good to have him there at her side that she simply buried her face in his shoulder, blinking back tears. "I'm sorry, too. I shouldn't have told you."